Senior DB Migration Engineer - Remote (EST)

Slalom, LLC; City of Albany (NY); Remote; USD 110,000 - 124,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with match

Health, dental, vision coverage

Well-being reimbursement

Paid holidays

Job summary

Slalom is seeking a Senior Database Migration Engineer to lead complex migrations from legacy systems (DB2, Sybase, Oracle) to PostgreSQL-based cloud deployments. This role focuses on automated, AI-assisted modernization as part of an AI-powered platform, with a strong emphasis on data integrity and scalable migration patterns.

The candidate will partner with architects and engineers to resolve edge cases, validate conversions, and ensure successful cutovers.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in database engineering, database administration, or database migration initiatives.
• Deep expertise with legacy DB platforms (DB2, Sybase ASE, Oracle).
• Proven experience migrating to PostgreSQL or cloud-native databases.

Responsibilities

• Lead troubleshooting of complex database migrations across legacy platforms.
• Escalate and guide AI-driven schema conversions and reconciliation efforts.
• Design migration strategies from legacy databases to Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL.
• Support DMS and SCT implementations including full-load and CDC migration patterns.
• Validate schema transformations, stored procedures, and data conversion results.
• Develop reusable migration templates and validation frameworks.
• Collaborate with DBAs and engineers to understand source constraints and risks.
• Ensure successful production cutovers with data validation and rollback planning.
• Provide leadership on performance tuning and migration readiness.

Skills

DB2

Sybase ASE

Oracle

PostgreSQL

Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL

AWS DMS

AWS SCT

Database Modernization

Data Migration

Change Data Capture

Performance Tuning

Query Optimization

Data Reconciliation

Data Validation

Cloud Migration

AWS

Tools

AWS DMS

AWS SCT

Job description

Slalom is seeking a Senior Database Migration Engineer to lead complex migrations from legacy systems (DB2, Sybase, Oracle) to PostgreSQL-based cloud deployments. This role focuses on automated, AI-assisted modernization as part of an AI-powered platform, with a strong emphasis on data integrity and scalable migration patterns.

The candidate will partner with architects and engineers to resolve edge cases, validate conversions, and ensure successful cutovers.